dent

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French word dent comes from Proto-Indo-European *ed-, Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (Tooth.), English -ule ((rare, scientific) Diminutive suffix.)

*ed- (Proto-Indo-European)

*h₃dónts (Proto-Indo-European)

Tooth.

-ule (English)

(rare, scientific) Diminutive suffix.

*h₁d-ent- (Proto-Indo-European)

*dents (Proto-Italic)

Tooth.

dentis (Latin)

dent (Old French)

(anatomy, of a comb) tooth.

dent (Middle French)

Tooth.

dent (French)

Cog (tooth on a gear). Tooth.

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